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'The Importance Of Home' ArtWalk at the Hartford Public Library presents an installation by artist Adrienne Gale titled "Birth/Place," opening Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. "Birth/Place" is an installation that examines the idea of home not only as a place into which we are born but also a place that we can create for ourselves. Gale uses her art to demonstrate the choices we have (or may not have) about where those homes are situated, what they are made of or who they include.

While it looks like a torture device from the Dark Ages, it's all too real: pork farms confine mother pigs into "gestation crates" for virtually their entire lives -- cages so small they can't even turn around or move back and forth. If dogs or cats were confined like this, the perpetrators would be imprisoned for animal cruelty. Thankfully, we have the opportunity to ban this cruel practice in Connecticut this session. Please call your senator and representative and ask them to support this important legislation.

FARMINGTON — Police and the animal control officer are looking for those responsible for abandoning a dog on Two Mile Road at Batterson Park Road. The dog, described as a female red and tan pinscher wearing a tan flea collar, was abandoned in a crate that was found nearby, police said. The dog was found about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. The dog was apparently in a crate left near a wooded area, but managed to get out of the crate, police said. It injured a leg in the process.

BY HILDA MUÑOZ, hmunoz@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, August 20, 2013

HARTFORD — The trial of a Bronx man implicated one of the largest drug busts in the state opened Monday with testimony about how the defendant, Edwin Olivo, allegedly tried to pick up $6 million worth of cocaine at a UPS store in May 2011. Olivo allegedly arrived at a UPS near Bradley International Airport with a U-Haul truck he'd rented in the Bronx and signed for a large crate containing 242 pounds of cocaine, according to police reports. Sandra Suplee, employed in UPS' northeast security division, testified that Olivo signed for the crate, which had been shipped from an elevator company in Puerto Rico to a machine shop in Plainville.

By DAVID OWENS and SAMAIA HERNANDEZ, dowens@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, December 6, 2012

Three men charged with taking delivery of 167 pounds of marijuana were ordered held on $500,000 bail after their arraignments Thursday in Superior Court in Hartford. Police and federal agents took the three into custody Wednesday after a crate weighing about 700 pounds was delivered to 35 Cambridge St. Police had obtained a search warrant for the crate while it was still at a South Windsor trucking company. Federal drug agents had received a tip from a confidential informant that the crate contained narcotics.

You can't case out a freight company parking lot, drive in tandem with another car in counter-surveillance maneuvers, help haul in and hide a large wooden crate in an apartment bathtub and then claim you didn't know the crate was full of marijuana. That's the conclusion reached by a Bridgeport jury and adopted by the state Supreme Court Friday in a unanimous ruling upholding the drug-related convictions of Andre Martin of New Haven. Martin contended on appeal that state prosecutors did not present sufficient evidence that he knew marijuana was in the crate, which was being monitored by federal, state and local narcotics investigators.

SNICKERS is a lovable male Australian Shepard, about a year and a half old. He is crate trained and house trained. He loves car rides, is energetic and will fit well into an active family. If you are willing to give this special dog the home and time he so deserves, please contact the Meriden Humane Society at 203-238-3650.

More than two-dozen abused cats and kittens were found abandoned Friday night in a farm field in the Kensington section of town. At about 7 p.m., the farmer owners'dogs discovered the cats, which apparently were dumped off in a large animal crate. "We were getting a few last-minute things ready because tomorrow we start selling trees from our Christmas tree farm," explained Marilyn DeMaria, whose family owns the Edgewood Road farm that is well-known for its holiday trees and Halloween Haunted Hayride event.

How confident was Larry Barnett that victory was in his sights Thursday? Before leaving his Ledyard home for Thompson International Speedway, he left a status message for those populating the world of Facebook to see. "Off to the races . . . win tonight after a battle with Moose is my prediction." A crystal ball couldn't have called it better. Barnett passed Chris "Moose" Douton for the lead on lap 11, then held off Joe Arena to win the 20-lap Limited Sportsman feature.

More than two-dozen abused cats and kittens were found abandoned Friday night in a farm field in the Kensington section of town. At about 7 p.m., the farm owners'dogs discovered the cats, which apparently were dumped off in a large animal crate. "We were getting a few last-minute things ready because tomorrow we start selling trees from our Christmas tree farm," explained Marilyn DeMaria, whose family owns the Edgewood Road farm that is well-known for its holiday trees and Halloween Haunted Hayride event.

Ours is a country of animal lovers. It's not just Fido curled up at our feet we feel for, but as a society, we believe that all animals — including those raised for food — deserve humane treatment. Statistics prove the point — a poll by the American Farm Bureau found that 95 percent of Americans believe farm animals should be well cared for. Those of us in Connecticut are no different in this regard. The Provision State has strong animal cruelty laws such as our anti-dog-fighting law. And now, we have the chance to pass legislation that would further align our animal welfare laws with our values.

By DAVID OWENS and SAMAIA HERNANDEZ, dowens@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, December 6, 2012

Three men charged with taking delivery of 167 pounds of marijuana were ordered held on $500,000 bail after their arraignments Thursday in Superior Court in Hartford. Police and federal agents took the three into custody Wednesday after a crate weighing about 700 pounds was delivered to 35 Cambridge St. Police had obtained a search warrant for the crate while it was still at a South Windsor trucking company. Federal drug agents had received a tip from a confidential informant that the crate contained narcotics.

Five abused toy poodles, recently found crammed in a crate on a New Fairfield roadside, will be transferred from the regional canine facility to a poodle rescuer Tuesday morning. Daryl Masone, who has taken in poodles from all over Connecticut for 12 years, said she'll work to nurture the dogs back to a point where they can be adopted. Regional Animal Control Officer Audrey McKay told Masone that at this point, the dogs are not approachable and had to be wormed and treated for parasites.

By CHRISTINE DEMPSEY, cdempsey@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, November 3, 2011

After an hour of deliberations, a jury found a city man guilty Thursday of accepting 102 pounds of marijuana that arrived at his house in a giant crate last year. Terry P. Herring, 54, of Austin Street was found guilty in Superior Court of conspiracy to commit the sale of certain illegal drugs and accessory to possess with intent to sell. Judge Maria Kahn set his bail at $100,000 and scheduled his sentencing for Jan. 4. Herring's lawyer, Jonathan Budlong, asked the judge to set aside the verdict; the judge had not ruled on the motion by Thursday night.

By KIM VELSEY, kvelsey@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, May 19, 2011

A man who was arrested for allegedly trying to pick up a crate containing 242 pounds of cocaine at a commercial UPS center in Windsor Locks was arraigned Thursday at Superior Court. Police said that just before noon on Wednesday, Edwin Olivo, 37, of Bronx, N.Y., arrived at the UPS-Supply Chain Solutions delivery service at 1 Choice Road and tried to take possession of a package containing approximately 110 kilograms of pure, uncut cocaine worth about $6 million. At the time of his arrest, Olivo was carrying $1,052 in cash and four cell phones, according to the arrest report.

By DAVID OWENS, dowens@courant.com and The Hartford Courant, March 8, 2011

The state Department of Children and Families investigated previous allegations of abuse against an Old Saybrook woman who is now accused of forcing her son to sleep in a plastic dog crate, but took no action, a warrant application for the mother's arrest reveals. Kathlyn Anthony, 54, of River Road, was charged Sunday with risk of injury to a minor and arraigned Monday in Superior Court in Middletown. She is free after posting $100,000 bail. Her arrest followed an investigation by Old Saybrook police and DCF that began after her daughter told school officials about her brother's "sleep locker.

An empty wooden crate is all that remained Monday of $200,000 worth of industrial machinery that police say was stolen from outside a local business during the weekend. The machinery -- which included parts used for gas-turbine engines -- had been stored in a crate behind Turbine Maintenance Inc., at 64 Cody St., on Friday because there was no room in the small brick building, said Tom Mazzarella, owner of the company, which is in the town's industrial area. Mazzarella said the machinery had been dropped off sooner than expected, and before there was time to make space available in the building.

A 42-year-old laborer was pinned under a bundle of granite slabs weighing at least 5,000 pounds in an industrial accident Monday at a home improvement center. Police refused to identify the laborer, who was unloading the granite when the accident occurred. Police said they believe it happened just before 2 p.m. at The Galleria Design Center on Middle Street. The victim was flown by Life Star helicopter to Hartford Hospital. He was in critical condition about 5 p.m., said Capt.

Vintage Clothing Exhibition Farmington's Hill-Stead Museum presents a vintage clothing exhibition through May 31. "Off the Rack – 100 Years of Men's & Women's Fashion at Hill-Stead Museum" is drawn from Hill-Stead's Pope and Riddle family collections, from additional donations to the museum for interpretive use and from a private collection. The museum is at 35 Mountain Road, Farmington. Admission is $10, $9 senior citizens, $8 students, $5 ages 6 through 12, free to members and children under 6. Information: 860-677-4787 or http://www.

A series of mini-seminars on kitchen and bath design presented by Kitchen + Bath | Design + Construction owner Lorey Cavanaugh continues Saturday with "Bathroom Planning Guidelines. " Seminars run Saturdays through April 16. The cost is a donation of $10 per session, which goes to Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity. The KBDC showroom is at 13 Sedgwick Road, West Hartford. Information and registration: 860-953-1101, or e-mail info@kbdconsultants.com . Wedding 'Parties' Two Crate and Barrel locations (Westport and West Hartford)